Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Peter Hook has ruled out the possibility of New Order reuniting.Speaking to The Quietus, he revealed that it was unlikely he and former bandmate Bernard Sumner would be able to repair their fractured relationship after New Order split up two years ag... more info

Time Out, London — Brooklyn-based, Ohio emigres' dark and seductively brooding, gothic, alt.country pop fare suggests a Joy Division reared on Americana more info

Stereogum — Broken Social Scene's half-speed, richly atmospheric Kevin Drew-fronted and piano-sprinkled take on "Love Will Tear Us Apart" shows up in that saccharine-seeming tear-jerking adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife starring Rac... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This was originally pulled out of the cupboard to be part of the Lazy Postings Week that has just passed, but then I remembered that both sides of the single were covers....mp3 : Grace Jones - Private Life (extended version)mp3 : Grace Jones - She's... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Papshmir said...UPDATEMusichole Compilation # 17Portuguese Music:Blasted Mechanism - Battle of tribesColdfinger - SupafacialDeolinda - Ai rapazAmalia Hoje - GaivotaMárcia - A MentiraOs Pontos Negros - Conto de fadas de Sintra a LisboaSlimmy - You ... more info

Guardian Music — These purveyors of electro-pop noir sound like Joy Division fronted by the Blair Witch. Clearly candidates for the next series of Britain's Got Talent thenHometown: London.The lineup: K Doyle (bass), JG Drake (synthesiser), O (singer, lyricist).The b... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Wall Street Journal profiles Jack White, the business mogul. The Quietus examines the right way to remember Joy Division. There are other things we must not forget. We must not forget Peter Hook's basslines, and how they fuelled the... more info

Guardian Music — Pavilion theatre, ManchesterNear the beginning of the final night of the Durutti Column's 70-minute international festival tribute to Tony Wilson, A Paean to Wilson, guitarist Vini Reilly announced that he wouldn't be singing: "So you won't have to p... more info

My Chemical Toilet — There are people out there who will say that no Joy Division song could ever put a smile on someone's face. This is for them. more info

Stereogum — Ye Olde Maids is a bedroom project by Cold Cave head/Heartworm Press co-owner Wesley Eisold. It's a duo, but he plays himself and the invented girl, handling both voices. The 10 songs on the God Blesses Us, Mother Dresses Us 12" were committed to ... more info